A manual of organic materia medica : being a guide to materia medica of the vegetable and animal kingdoms for the use of students, druggists, pharmacists, and physicians / by John M. Maisch.

  • John Michael Maisch
Date:
1882
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Credit: A manual of organic materia medica : being a guide to materia medica of the vegetable and animal kingdoms for the use of students, druggists, pharmacists, and physicians / by John M. Maisch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Properties. — Carminative, stimulant, diaphoretic, rubefacient, counter-irritant. Dose, 0.1 to 0.5 or 1.0 gram (gr. jss-viij-xv), in mixtures; externally in liniments. OLEUM EOS^E.—Oil of Eose. Attar of Eose. Origin.—Eosa damascena, Miller. Natural order, Eosacese, Eoseas. Habitat.—Cultivated in Eumelia. Production.—The flowers are distilled with water, cohobation being resorted to. Description.—Pale yellow liquid, spec. grav. 0.86, of an agreeable rose odor when diluted, and a sweetish taste; separating at or below 15° C. (59° F.) trans- parent scaly crystals, which remain suspended in the liquid. Constituents.—Elaeopten containing oxygen, very fragrant, readily soluble in alcohol; stearopten, prob- ably C16H32 or C]6H34, inodorous, iridescent crystals, requiring about 100 parts of alcohol for solution. Adulterations.—Spermaceti and paraffin crystallize in a rather opaque crust. An addition of oil of gingergrass or roshe oil from Andropogon Schoenan- thus, Lin., lowers the congealing point of attar of rose. Uses.—For perfuming ointments and mixtures.